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“Every day, I never wanted to leave my mum or my dad. I always used to cry.”

19th November 2024

Aimee used to be gripped by an anxiety that filled her with fear at the thought going to school. Emotional support for children like Aimee is vital. At TLG, we are passionate about emotional health and promoting a trauma-informed approach in all that we do. Our FREE comprehensive ‘The Emotional Rollercoaster’ resource to equip your church to support children and young people in your community.

Transforming Lives for Good

TLG is a Christian children’s charity who is passionate about seeing struggling children find hope in the face of adversity. TLG offers a practical approach to build strong connections between local churches, families and schools.

Make Lunch and foodbanks: hope, nourishment, and lasting change!

08th October 2024

TLG Make Lunch offers a unique opportunity to build deep relationships with families that need support, providing a service that fosters safety and community for the entire family. Make Lunch Coordinators Bruna Willing and Lesley Bentley, who run Make Lunch at churches hosting Trussell foodbanks, shared with us how these two programs work together to make a significant impact on the lives of children and families struggling with poverty and isolation in their communities.

Transforming Lives for Good

Bringing hope to the mental health crisis.

24th May 2024

From poverty to bereavement, family breakdown, and food insecurity, there are children across the UK facing some of the toughest starts in life. Here at TLG (Transforming Lives for Good) we believe change is possible and that no child should have to struggle alone. That's why in all our work lies an unchanging resolve to give struggling children hope and a future.

Tim Morfin

Tim Morfin is the founder and Chief Executive of TLG. Tim, together with a group of other volunteers from a local church, began TLG by helping young people struggling in school in Bradford. He now leads the organisation nationally, still committed to bringing hope and a future to children and their families. He is married to Rachel and has three teenage sons.

It’s time for me to get back to working with children and families.

11th April 2024

Hear from Rae Morfin as she shares where God is leading her in this next season.

Rae Morfin

With twenty years’ experience working with children in both church and school situations, Rae has pioneered and now heads up TLG’s Early Intervention programme supporting children struggling in mainstream primary and secondary schools. Oh, and she’s got three teenagers of her own at home!

Meet Sheron Kantor, our Chair of Trustees

19th February 2024

Sheron Kantor

Sheron is a highly experienced early years practitioner who brings a wealth of educational expertise to the board. From 2002, she worked in the Children and Young People Service department of Manchester City Council, leading in key areas around alternative education provision, learning strategies and Early Years. This included project-managing the implementation of an ‘Alternative Education Provision’ across a number of Sure Start Children’s Centres and nursery schools. In April 2011 Sheron founded Early Learning Solutions, providing quality assured advice, training and consultancy to small and medium enterprises.

Our Impact in 2023

31st January 2024

It's time to celebrate! Get ready for some of the biggest TLG impact numbers to date - your incredible support has made a difference in the lives of thousands of children in 2023! At TLG, we believe every child deserves to know love, feel safe and have hope and a future.

Transforming Lives for Good

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